1. Joe Morton has collaborated with film director John Sayles acting his films The Brother from Another Planet, City of Hope and Lone Star.
16 Facts About Joe Morton
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Joe Morton received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in the musical Raisin.
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Joe Morton made his West End debut portraying Colin Powell in the David Hare play Stuff Happens.
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Joe Morton was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic military school for a time.
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Joe Morton was an altar boy and considered becoming a priest.
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Joe Morton graduated from Andrew Jackson High School and studied drama at Hofstra University.
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Joe Morton made his Broadway debut in Hair, appeared in Salvation, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Raisin.
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Joe Morton has appeared in over 70 films, including John Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Blues Brothers 2000.
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Joe Morton played Police Lieutenant Herb "Mac" McMahon, in Speed.
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On daytime, Joe Morton has had roles on Search for Tomorrow, Another World, and All My Children.
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Joe Morton has made many notable TV guest appearances, including his appearances as Dr Steven Hamilton in the first two seasons of Smallville.
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Joe Morton portrayed the jack-of-all-trades scientist Henry Deacon as a regular on Syfy Channel's Eureka.
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Joe Morton played the role of Eli Pope on the hit drama Scandal, a role for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
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Joe Morton reprised the character in the film Justice League and more extensively in its director's cut.
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From 2018 to 2020, Joe Morton co-starred as Reverend Arthur Finer in the CBS series God Friended Me.
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Joe Morton directed three episodes of God Friended Me, and has directing credits for four other TV series.